Former Director General (DG) of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) PM Nair, an expert in anti-trafficking has requested Social Welfare Minister louis Marandi to form a Comprehensive Anti-Human Trafficking Body in Jharkhand. This according to Nair will help a trafficking victim in rehabilitation under a single body.
Citing an example of the need, he referred on the rescue of a girl at Khunti district by Police Officer Aradhana Singh but when the girl was taken to Welfare Committee people for shelter, they overlooked her saying ‘Dekhte Hain’ (let’s see).
“Jharkhand is missing a Comprehensive Action Plan due to which a trafficked victim rescued by police is unable to get proper shelter like welfare, education or legal facilities. But, governments in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh are functioning with such a body,” said Nair during the inaugural ceremony of two day 4th Anti Trafficking in Persons Conclave organized by US Consulate-Kolkata and Shakti Vahini on Friday.
“The Social Welfare Minister has called me in her office to explain the framework of this body,” added Nair.
Both, Marandi and Human Resources Development Minister Neera Yadav were the guests at the ceremony along with US Consul General for Eastern and North Eastern India Helen laFave and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes Rameshwar Oraon and PM Nair.
Naxalism, Surrogacy and Militancy are the new forms of Human Trafficking besides trafficking in sex, domestic worker and bonded labour, mentioned Nair.
“In Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the number of girls victimized in naxal trafficking is alarming,” said Nair.
Suggesting remedies to the problem, he said, “The best way to aware public on trafficking is to start Anti-Trafficking Club in every school and college.”
like, Nair, Inspector General of Jharkhand Police Anurag Gupta said, “We need to create a system where every person migrating from the state for job is registered in an agency. Intervention and Reconciliation of offences which the migrating individual is forced into is also important.”
Additional DG of Crime Investigation Department, SN Pradhan accepted that earlier 95 per cent of police personnel were unaware that trafficking is a kind of business. It was known with the involvement of Yogendra Sao’s friend Pannalal of Khunti who used to traffic women in metropolitan cities.
Pointing on the communication gap in reducing trafficking, International Justice Mission Director Biju C Matthew focused on the pipeline between police, prosecutor, judges and social work which is broken.
Ministers Marandi and Yadav shared the initiatives by taken by government to cope up the problem. “Anti-Human Trafficking Units are being formed in eight districts. Women’s Police Station has been established in 22 districts and women are recruited here to stop trafficking as most of the victimized women hesitate to approach general police stations,” said Marandi.
While, Yadav said Vidya laxmi Yojana will soon help in decreasing the school drop out ratio of adolescent girls. She said a fix deposit of Rs 2000 will be made for a drop out girl enrolling in class sixth. The amount of the fixed deposit can be withdrawn by the girl in class ninth.
Notably, Human Trafficking between India and neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar is facing loopholes, as mentioned by foreign participants. “The role of governments in India and Nepal is no where defined in ensuring anti-trafficking rules based on SAARC norms. India and Nepal have never signed MoU on implementing and amending the anti-trafficking rules.